Typographical machine.



A. H. SMITH.

TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINE.

APPLlCATlON FILEDMAR. 23. 1914.

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A. H. SMITH.

TYPQGRAPHICAL MACHINE. APPLICATION man MAR. 23. 1914.

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SMITH, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO MERGENTI-IALER LINO'IYPE COMPANY,'A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 16, 1917.

Application filed March 23, 1914. Serial No. 826,547.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUSTUS H. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Typographical Machines, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to typographical machines, such as linotype machines of the general organization represented in Letters Patent of the United States, No. 436,532, to O. Mergenthaler, wherein circulating matrices are released from a magazine in the order in which their characters are to appear in print and then assembled in line, the composed line transferred to the face of a mold, the mold filled with molten metal to form a slug or linotype against the matrices which produce the type characters thereon, and the matrices thereafter returned through distributing mechanism to the magazine from which they started. In these machines, the particular instrumentalities which convey the matrices from their casting position to the distributing mechanism, comprise the first elevator arranged to move upwardly, the upper transfer channel, and the second elevator which rests upon and is supported by the channel, together with means for transferring the matrices out of the first elevator, into the channel, and onto the second elevator. It is necessary and desirable that this transfer be accomplished smoothly and easily and with the least possible wear upon the matrices, and to that end I provide means to secure the exact registration of the parts. Preferably, I so mount the channel that it is movable to a slight extent, and so form the parts that when the first elevator rises into proximity thereto, they interlock and the channel is adjusted into exact alinement with the elevator. As the second elevator subsequently comes to rest upon the channel, the adjustment of the latter acts indirectly to shift the former, and thereby tends to bring its grooved bar into registration with the distributing teeth of the matrices.

In the accompanying drawings, I have shown my invention in preferred form and by way'of example, and as applied to a linotype machine, but obviously many changes and variations may be made therein, and in its mode of application, which will still be comprised within its spirit. Thus, it may similarly be adapted to other styles of typographical machines, such as those which handle type or dies, instead of matrices. Generally speaking, I desire it to be understood that I do not limit myself to any specific form or embodiment, except in so far as such limitations are specified in the claims.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a front perspective of a portion of a linotype machine with my improvements embodied therein; Fig. 2 is an edge view of the upper transfer channel and second elevator, partly broken away; and Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

- As in the said Mergenthaler patent, or as in the commercial linotype machine, the line of matrices X and spacers Y is moved upwardly from the casting position by the first elevator A, and is thus brought into operative relation to the upper transfer channel B and second elevator C, which in its receiving position rests upon the former. The slide S transfers the line out of the first elevator into the channel, the matrices being thus engaged with the second elevator, which then lifts them to the distributing mechanism and leaves the spacers behind. The matrices X are supported in the first elevator A upon the ledges A which are adapted when the elevator is in its uppermost position to register with the ledges B in theupper transfer channel B, the ledges thus providing continuous tracks upon which the matrices are supported and guided duringtheir transfer from the elevator into the transfer channel. When the second elevator is lowered into the transfer channel it is engaged by an upstanding arm B fixed to the front wall of the channel, the arm serving to guide the elevator positively until it comes to rest upon the upper edges of the channel where it is firmly held in position to receive the matrices as they are transferred from the first elevator. So far as described, the parts are or may be of the usual construction and mode of operation.

As previously indicated, it is important that the elevator A, channel B, and elevator C, be properly alined, in order to make the transfer as easy as possible and to prevent wear on the matrices. To this end, I

preferably mount the channel so that its po- 310 sition is controlled by the elevator A. As shown in the drawings, the channel B is mounted upon and supported by brackets or angle pieces D, the channel being held in position by the screws E projecting therethrough into the framework. It will be noted (Fig. 2) that the apertures B through which the screws pass, are slightly enlarged and thus permit a certain amount of lateral play to the channel.

The elevator A is formed at its inner end with the vertical groove G, adapted to engage the correspondingly located projecting rib or tongue F on the end of the channel B. The lower end of the rib is beveled or inclined, so that when the elevator rises, it will be engaged by the groove, and the channel will consequently be shifted laterally so as to bring it into exact registration with the elevator. It will be noted that this lateral movement of the channel B also serves to adjust the second elevator G, when the latter descends to its receiving position, and thus to bring its ribs into alinement with the notches of the matrices in the elevator A. In Fig. 1, for clearness of illustration, the parts are shown in abnormal position as in the ordinary operation of the machine the second elevator does not reach its receiving position until after the first elevator has completed its upward movement.

As previously described, I have shown my invention only in preferred form and by way of example, and as applied to a linotype machine, but obviously many modifications and alterations therein, and in its mode of adaptation, will suggest themselves to those skilled in the art, without departure from its scope. For instance, although I have shown the intermediate channel as laterally adjustable only, it could also be mounted so as to be adjustable in other directions, and in fact in any desired way, so as to bring the several parts into proper operative relation to each other.

-Having thus described my invention, its construction and mode of operation, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is as follows:

1. In a typographical machine, the combination of a line receiving organ, a line transporter movable into and out of operative relation thereto, and interlocking de vices formed on said parts to connect them directly and rigidly together in proper registration, the said interlocking devices adapted to be engaged. and disengaged as the transporter moves intoand out of operative relation to the receiving organ.

2. In a linotype machine, the combination of the first elevator A mounted to slide vertically in suitable guideways in the machine frame, the upper transfer channel B to receive the line from the transporter in its upperm st. positi n, an i e cking deviees formed on said parts to connect them directly and rigidly together in proper registration, the said interlocking devices adapted to be engaged and disengaged by the movement of the first elevator.

8. In a typographical machine, the combination of a line receiving organ, a line transporter movable into and out of opera-- tive relation thereto, and means whereby one of said parts is shifted by the other as the transporter arrives in operative relation to the receiving element to insure their proper registration at such time.

A. In a linotype machine, the combination of the first elevator A, the upper transfer channel B to receive the line therefrom, and means whereby the movement of the elevator brings the channel into proper receiving position.

5. In a typographical machine, the combi- 5 nation of a movable line transporter, a device to receive the line therefrom, and means whereby the movement of the transporter brings said device into proper receiving position. 90

6. In a typographical machine, the combination of two cooperating line-carrying organs, one movable into and out of operative relation to the other, and means whereby one of said organs brings the other into proper cooperative relation therewith.

7 In a linotype machine, the combination of the vertically movable first elevator A, the upper transfer channel B to receive the line therefrom, and intermediate means whereby the vertical movement of the elevator shifts the channel laterally to bring it into proper relation thereto.

8. In a linotype machine, the combination of the first elevator A adapted to present the composed line to the casting mechanism and subsequently to carry it upwardly for distribution, and the upper transfer channel B adapted to receive the composed line from the elevator A in its uppermost position, the said transfer channel being shiftable laterally to insure its proper registration with the first elevator during the transfer of the line.

9. In a linotype machine, the combination of the first elevator A adapted to present the composed line to the casting mechanism and subsequently to carry it upwardly for distribution, and the upper transfer channel B adapted to receive the composed line from the elevator A in its uppermost position, the said transfer channel being shiftably arranged to insure its proper registration with the elevator during the transfer of the line. 7

10. In a typographical machine, the combination of a movable line transporter, and a device to receive the line therefrom, one of said parts being mounted to be shifted laterally by theother.

11. In a typographical machine, the combination of a movable line transporter, a device to receive the line therefrom, and means governed by the movement of the transporter for shifting one of said parts laterally with respect to the other to effect their proper registration.

12. In a linotype machine, the combination of the first elevator, the second elevator to receive the line therefrom, and means controlled by one of said parts to shift the other into proper cooperative relation therewith.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the 13. In a linotype machine, the combination of the first elevator, the second elevator to receive the line therefrom, and means whereby the first elevator brings the second elevator into proper operative relation thereto.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

AUGUSTUS H. SMITH.

Witnesses:

DAVID S. KENNEDY, ALFRED W. F. GUEST.

Commissioner of latenta Washington, D. 0." 

